[UK] Safety measures for your phone in case you get busted? : murderhomelesspeople | Torhoo darknet markets

i have a pixel, woudl i need to be rooted to get that os? i tried rooting before but had no luck

Good to know, thank you. It's difficult to believe the LE doesn't have a way to access phones. Also I don't know how things changed since I was recently seeing in the news that Apple kinda gave up their users security to the UK gouvernment following changes in laws or smtn...this is why I am thinking if it's worth switching to a Pixel.

Tbh idk what use all this would be if they find drugs in my house, which they would, but oh well....

This is not true, the police just have to use a currently unknown or unpatched 0day exploit. Which are known to be sold in opaque networks among LE, intel, mil, private security contractor, and gray/blackhat circles.

The reality is, there are plenty of exploits which aren't publicly known; the value is in keeping them secret.

Additionally, the reality of open source projects is that, while security, privacy, or anonymity may be a focus, there is often a lack of funding and resources which is not magically overcome simply by the design choice of making a project open source. Making the code open source also can speed development of exploits, which are then not disclosed as per best practices, and instead are stockpiled.

You can see there are many examples of exploits being discovered in code years, even decades after the code was originally pushed. While there is often no evidence of this exploit being implemented or used by any known actors, the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

That said, if your phone is encrypted (most modern smartphones are), and its in BFU mode (before first unlock; as in, you power it off before losing custody of the phone, or otherwise have the device triggered or automatically programmed to power off and/or factory reset wipe the device under certain conditions (Ripple and Wasted on F-Droid are examples of android/grapheneOS platform software which can be used to remotely wipe your device) such as the entry of an incorrect distress password, the phone being on for a certain length of time without rebooting, or receiving a sms/Signal message containing a secret code...there are many different failsafes and deadmanswitches which can ensure that your phone turns off and also wipes itself, in the event that you have your phone confiscated.

android and iOS of the most recent version, also have 3-day timers where the device will automatically reboot if it has been on without rebooting in that period. In GrapheneOS and with Wasted/Ripple, I believe you can shorten this timer too.

If you have your shit properly set up, getting raided shouldn't mean your data is compromised. In fact, it's what you are doing while the phone is unencrypted, open, that is way more likely to leak your data, compromise your opsec, and lead to you getting raided in the first place. Mobile operating systems are a nightmare of unpatched vulnerabilities and ways to fuck yourself over, even if you don't do anything on the mobile device...simply leaving it connected to, or merely nearby (if the wifi AP is open, or even just without WPA3 encryption) the same wifi that you are using your TAILS OS or QubesOS device...yeah, this can be enough to cause problems.

Think about how many smartphones are around you at any given moment. Is your neighbor, roommate, really using an even reasonably secure device? What might they be doing, which you are unaware of, that may lead to LE or others surveilling you by proxy?

These are the concerns and considerations which you should have, while constantly evolving and developing your operational security plan.

Good to know, I should change my phone soon then. Mind me asking what is SHA256 and "salt"? Are these regarding phones? What phone do you think is best for this threat model?